AI Safety as a Public Engagement

To what extend should we be making AI Safety as a public problem.

One-Liner

Novelty

Motivation

Notable Methods

Key Figs

• Public generally more pessimistic about AI
• Rates of adverse impact by AI decisions is reasonably low

New Concepts

Data Partnerships

Try to find independent sources of data, with contracts for how the data must be used.

Impact Horizons

Some random Instagram influencer had more accesses than our usual methods of scientific communication.

General Takeaways

1. public concern should affect our priorities
2. target public outcome measures via data partnerships
3. results must be communicated to the public in a accessible way
4. frontier AI economics is a good area for governance research and impact